Registering-machine.



C. F. GRAINGER.

REGISTERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1911.

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REGISTERING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, '1911.

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REGISTERING MACHINE.

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RBGISTERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY, 1911.

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CHARLES F. GRAINGER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR T0 GRAINGER ANDCOMPANY, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION 0F KENTUCKY.

REGISTERING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .T uly 5, 1911.

Serial No. 636,894.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. GRAINGER, a citizen of the' UnitedStates, residing at Louisville, inthe count-y of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements inRegistering-Machines, of which the following is a specification. A

An object of the invention is to provide a registering machine forregistering the totals of individual items and for' registering 'the sumtotal of all the items.

My device is particularly adapted for use in connection with racingevents and embodies a struct-ure which discloses to the observer thename or number of the event, the name of each entrant, the individualstatus of each entrant or the support which each entrant receives andthe summary of the status of all the entrants.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a booth, in which an` operatoris stationed, an indicator for indicating an event and the conditionsthereof, means mounted within the booth and connected with the indicatorso that the operator can control the same and locking means for lockingthe mechanism of the indicator.

Reference is t0 be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in whichf Figure 1 is aperspective view of the apparatus, parts being roken away to disclosethe underlying structure. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the indicator,t-he front panel thereof being removed. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation ofthe indicator, the rear anel thereof being removed. Fig. 4 is aagmentary enlarged rear elevation of a portion of the indicator, partsbeing broken away to disclose the underlying structure. AFig. 5 is ahorizontal sectional view taken on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4, looking inthe direction of the arrow. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectionalview taken on the line 6*-6 in Fig. 4, looking in the direction of thearrow. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary side elevation of a portion of theoperating mechanism for operating the indicator. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the prime operating lever. Fig. 9 is.an end elevation of thelever disclosed in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a rear elevationof one of thedogs. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the dogs l being shown in Fig. 10. Fig.12 is a rear elevation of one of the L-shaped operating levers. Fig. 13is an end elevation of the L-shaped lever shown in Fig.l12.

Referring to the views, and more particularly to Fig. 1, I provide abooth 10 having a rear wall 11 provided with an indicator board 12, theindicator board near the top thereof being provided with a horizontalrow of apertures 13 and at spaced distances below the spaced row ofapertures 13, the indicator board is provided with rows lof spacedapertures 14, leaf springs 15 being secured to the indicator boardbetween the rows of apertures 14, for a purpose that will be hereinaftermore fully disclosed.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 I provide a totalizing mechanism embodying ashaft 16 extended through the indicator board 12 and journaled in aframe 17, the outer end of the said shaft having an operating knob 18secured thereto. Keyed to the shaft 16 is a ratchet wheel' 19 andmounted to turn with the shaft is a dial 20, the said dial beingprovided with members 21 which will register with the apertures 13 sothat the members can be seen from the front of the booth by lookingthrough one of the apertures 13. Pivotally mounted on the frame 17 is alever 22 having a lug 23 formed on the upper end thereof and providedwith a lateral y extending pin 24. Pivotally connected t0 the upper endof the lever 22 is a dog` 25 provided at one end with a laterallyextending pin 26 and at the other end with a laterally extending pin 27,the pin 26 being engaged by a leaf spring 28 secured to the lever 22 atthe point 29, the object of the spring 28 in engagement with the pin 26to retain the dog 25 in engagement with the first ratchet wheel 19, theouter end of the dog 25 being provided with a lug 30 which engages theteeth 31 on the ratchet Wheel 19 as shown in Fig. 4. Secured to theframe 17 is a leaf spring 32 having the upper end thereof engaging thepin 24 and the pin 24 pivotally connects rods 33, 34 so that the spring32 will be positioned between the dog 25 and the rods 33, 34. The outerends of the rods 33, 34 are pivotally connected to bell crank levers 35provided with pins 36 adapted to operate in slots 37 formed in rods 38pivotally connected to main rods 39 so that when the main rods 39 aremoved upwardly, the horizontal rods 33, 34 will be Patented Jan. 27,1914. i

moved toward the right in Fig. 4, thus operating the dog 25 to rotatethe ratchet wheel 19, it being understood that the rod 33 moves againstthe action of the spring 32 when moved to the right so that the springwill tend to return the rod 33 to normal position when the main rod 39is released as will be hereinafter more fully brought out in thespecification.

In horizontal alinement With the shaft 16 and extended through theindicator board' l2 are a series of shafts 40, similar to the shaft 16and journaled to the frame 17 at their inner ends, theouter ends of theshafts being provided with operating knobs 41 similar to the operatingknobs 18 and secured to the shafts 40 are dials 42, the mentioned dialsbeing provided- With numbers 43 as shown in Fig. 2, the mentionednumbers being adapted to pass the apertures 13 so that the same can beperceived from the front of the booth when they register with theapertures. Pivotally mounted on the frame 17 are L-shaped levers 44having 'heads 45 and lugs 46, pins 47 being extended laterally from thelevers 44 as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. Pivotally mounted on the L-shapedlevers 44 are dogs 48, similar to the dog 25 and secured to the levers44 at 49 are springs 50, similar to the spring 28, the said springs'being adapted to engage pins 51 on the dogs 48 to retain the dogs inengagement With ratchet Wheels 52, similar to the ratchet wheel 19, theratchet Wheel 52 being keyed to the shafts 40 as Will be readilyunderstood. Leaf springs 53 are secured to the frame 17 and engage thepins 47 on the L-shaped levers 44 to retain the L- shaped levers 44 innormal position, as will be hereinafter more fully brought out andextended from the dog 48 are pins 54 similar to the pin 27 on the dog25. Secured to the frame 17 are leaf springs 55 engaging the ratchetWheels 19 and 52, the object of the springs being to retain the ratchetWheels in rigid position until they are operated upon by the dogs 25 and48.

In the operation of the mechanism described, When the rod 33, shown inFig. 4, is moved to the right, the pin 24 connecting the rod 33 with therod 34 and at the same time connecting the rods 33 and 34 to the lever22 will cause the lever 22 to be operated against the action of thespring 32, thus actuating the dog 25 so that the ratchet wheel 19 willbe rotated, thus rotating the dial 20 so that a new number will appearat one of the apertures 13. As mentioned heretofore, the dog 25 isretained in engagement with the ratchet wheel 19 by the leaf spring 28and any upward movement of the dog 25 is limited by the lug 23 againstwhich the pin 26 of the dog abuts when the dog is in normal position.Now when the rod is permitted to return to normal position by the actionof the leaf spring 32, the lug 30 of the dog 25 Vvvill slide intoengagement With the neXt tooth on thev ratchet Wheel as Will be readilyunderstood. The ratchet wheels 19 and 52, which have the heads 45 of theL-shaped levers 44 lying adjacent thereto, are provided with notches 56,one notch being preferably provided on each ratchet Wheel. N 0W When theratchet Wheel 19-has been rotated so that the lug 30 of the dog 25extends into the notch 56, the pin 27 on the dog 25 Will abut againstthe head 45 of the L-shaped lever 44 so that when the rod 33 is moved tothe right the L-shaped lever 44 Will be operated so that the dog 48thereon Will move the first ratchet wheel 52, thus rotating the seconddial so that a new number will appear at one of the apertures 13 in theindicator board 12. This operation is true of those ratchet wheels 52which operate in conjunction with the heads 45 of the L-shaped levers44. Thus, it will be seen that the last ratchet wheel 52 need not beprovided with a notch 56 inasmuch as the last ratchet Wheel will notcooperate With an L-shaped lever 44 as shown in Fig. 4. The ratchetwheels 19 and 52 are each preferably provided with ten teeth and thedials 20 and 42 are preferably provided With numbers from one to ten.Now assuming that the notch in the ratchet wheel 19 is adjacent thetenth tooth, when the lug 30 of the dog 25 falls into the mentionednotch 56 the last numeral on the dial 20 will show through one of theapertures 13. At the same time the next adjacent dial 42 will be rotatedso that the second numeral on the dial Will appear through one of theapertures 13 and this operation will follow in like manner with theremainder of the dials, it being understood that the second dial willrotate one numeral when the first dial rotates ten numerals, the thirddial will rotate one numeral when the second dial rotates ten numerals,and the fourth dial will rotate one numeral when the third dial rotatesten numerals.

As mentioned, heretofore, the shafts 1G and 40 have operating knobs 18and 41 connected thereto so that by operating the knobs, the dials 2Oand 42 can be rotated so that a Zero Will appear through each of theapertures 13, the dials at this time being in their initial or zeroposition. At variou,C spaced distances beneath the mechanism described Iprovide a registering mechanism 57. constructed, arranged and operatedsimilarly to the described mechanism and connected link members 58, 59arc arranged to operate the mechanisms 57 in a similar manner that thedescribed mechanism is operated by the action of the members 33. 25. Theouter ends of the link members 58 are pivotally connected to bell cranklevers 60 pivotally mounted on the 'trames .insane ofthe. mechanisms.5.7 and .mounted te slide.

vertically` in the-rear .Wallllloi the boothI 10, are .the operatingvrods,.,39,` mentioned.

heretofore,- the .said rods.. ;bei.n ,.provided, with slots.,62 through..Whichapms- ,63 are4 .slidably ...received to. f guide .thea operating zrods t 39. intheir vertical movement. Extended-.from the ,rods .391 arepinstll. eaclrens-gaging an. arm.. ofeach.-. of the. bell. crank levers'60, the upperv ends.Y of the operating -rods -39 aha/vin pivotallyyconnected..thereto theslottedo .138.in which is receiued.,one.

. end. of ztha-bellcrank 1ever135.- ashasbeen heretofore mentioned. i,The outeraends of.

the link members 5.9 lare pivotally connected,

. to` bell, crank. levers .65..mounted onthe A frames ofthe,mechanisms.- 57 and pivot-.ally

nailed on ashat, 69--mounted` at the lower rear end ci .the :booth 10'and4 pivotally con.

-nected toithe bell `crank levens 68 arehori- -zontallyextending .rods70; the said .rods 70 being passed beneath they ioor' of the boothv110'.and..connected .to bellv crank.l levers .71.

journaled. ontthe .shaft v72l mounted atgthe` lower front end of thebooth310.. .Pivotally connectedftogthe hell; crank` levers 71 are, rods73 provided Vwith weights 7 4, the upper ends or the.'said nods-beingpivotally con-E nected to operating levers 7 mmounted .toi swing onuprights- 7 6.5' Pockets 7 7 are pro-1 vided at the frontend of the'booth near the top thereof and extending along the upper edgeoithepockets77. is a cushion 78, the,

said cushion being adapted to limit the downward movement of theends.,79.of.th'e.. levers 75, the said levers each being provided withpresser knobs 80 as will be readily understood. By referring to Fig. 3it will be seen that the link members 58, 59 vary in length for eachmechanism 57 so that the actuating rods 66 will be spaced apart and willnot conliict with one another when my device is operated.

In the use of my device, when the same is used in connection with aracing event or the like, the names of the entrants are sel cured to theindicator board 12 by inscribing the names on cards which are placedbeneath the leaf springs 15 to retain the same in place, one of themechanisms 57 being adapted to register the particular record of eachentrant and one of the levers 75 being provided to operate each of themechanisms 57. The usual tickets are placed in the pockets 77, theticket of each particular entrant being beneath the lever 7 5 adapted tooperate the mechanism which is adapted to register the record of thatparticular entrant. Now assuming that all the dials are arranged so thatzeros will appear in the apertures 14. When a ticket is purchased. for a.particular entrant, the lever over thepocket from which the ticket wastaken ispressed downwardl by imparting a` downward .movement on tiiepresser knob v andthe sale of the ticket will be reo ported bythenumeral 1 appearing in one .otthe apertureslt, in `front of themecha- -nism 57 employed to register the number iosalesof the entrant.Thus each vmecha- =nism. 57. will registerthe individual record 75breach. entrant. and aseach of the mechafniSms 57 isconnected by thevoperating rods -39 vwith the mechanism at the upper end ofthe-:indicator board, an individual record land a--grand -total will berecorded each. 80

timethat one-fof the levers 75 is operated. Now by referrin to Fig. 1,it will be seen that, the.=indivi ual records will appear ,through theapertures 14 and the grand total of-allthe= registrations will appear.threughtthe apertures 13. The weights 74 arerprovfided on= the -rods 73to return the levers 75 to normal position` after the same .have beenpressed downwardly to raise the weights 74 andthe cushion 78 isprovidedgo to limit the downward movement of the f endsv7-9; oi'wthelevers 75 so that the operat- .ingrod-s having connection with thelevers cannot ingany manner become jammed or deranged-as .will bereadily understood. 95 Securedtotheupper end of the wall 11 f and to oneside of the totalizing mechanism is a; plate 81 having lan. event dia-l82 rotatably ,mounted lthereon,. the mentioned dial being provided witha series of numbers ar-f ranged so that they can be seen through an,aperture83in theindicator board 12 and -secured to the .event dial 82is an operating ,knob.84, the said knob being extended exteriorly of theindicator board 12 so that 'the 105 same can be grasped by the operatorto rotate the dial 82. The number on the dial 82, appearing in theaperture 83 designates the particular event in progress at a certaintime and the events being preferably designated by numerals, theoperator can readily rotate the dial by grasping the operating knob 84thus disclosing to the observer 'the number of the particular eventwhich is in progress. Adjacent the other end of the totalizing mechanisma dial 85 is rotatably mounted on a plate 86 secured to the wall 11 anda suitable inscription 87 is placed upon the dial 85 to denote that theentire mechanism of the registering machine is in locked 12e orinoperative position, the inscription being discernible through-anopening 88 provided in the indicator board 12 as shown in Fig. 1. Ahandle 89 is secured to the dial 85 so 'that the operator can rotate thedial, 125 thus bringing the inscription in register with the opening 88.Secured to the rear of the dial and oiset from the center thereof is apin 90 adapted to operate in a slot 91 formed in the locking bar 92, thesaid lockiso ing bar being pivotally connected to one of the bell cranklevers 35 as shown in Fig. 8, the said locking bar 92 being pivotallymounted on the frame 17 at the point 93. Now when the dial 85 is rotatedso that the inscription 87 appears in the opening 88, the pin 90 will bepositioned in alinement between the center of the dial 85 and the point93, thuspreventing any movement of the operating rods 39 or the linkmembers 33, 34, 58 and 59. By locking the link members and operatingrods as mentioned the various connections between the individualmechanism, the total mechanisms and the actuating levers 75 will also belocked, thus preventing any operation of the machine.

Thus it will be seen that a mechanism is provided for indicating anevent and the conditions thereof, a totalizing mechanism is provided andadapted to operate in conjunction with the individual mechanisms toindicate the total registration of the individual mechanisms, anindicating means is provided for indicating the various events andlocking means are provided for locking the entire machine.

Although my device is preferably adapted for use in connection withracing events and although for the purpose of describing my registeringmachine I have shown a particular construction thereof, it' will beunderstood that I do not limit myself to the use of the device inconnection With racing events and that the scope of the invention isdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

l. In a device of the classdescribed, the combination with a booth, of aseries of sets of registering mechanisms mounted therein, means forindependently operating the said sets of mechanisms, a totalizingmechanism, a connection between the totalizing mechanism and the saidsets of mechanisms for registering the totals of the said sets ofmechanisms, and a locking dial revoluble on the said booth and havingconnection with the said sets of mechanisms and said totalizingmechanism for locking the same.

2; In a device of the class described, the combination with a booth, ofa series of sets of registering mechanisms mounted therein, means forindependently operating the said sets of mechanisms, a totalizingmechanism, a connection between the said totalizing mechanism and thesaid sets of mechanisms for registering the totals of the sets ofmechanisms, a locking dial revoluble in the said booth and havingconnection with the said sets of mechanisms and said totalizingmechanism for locking the same, and a manually operable handle on thesaid dial for imparting rotation thereto to move the dial into lockingposition.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. GRAINGER.

Witnesses:

MARIE C. DREISMAN, WILLIAM C. BRoHM.

